%0 Journal Article
%T Cultural Universals and Particulars in the Philosophy of Kwasi Wiredu: Some Comments
%A Ademola Kazeem Fayemi
%J Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya
%D 2010
%I Philosophical Association of Kenya (PAK)
%X This paper seeks to advance the horizon of Kwasi Wiredu¡¯s philosophical defense of the compatibility of cultural universals and particulars. Wiredu reflects on language, biological identity, inter/intra cultural communication, as well as epistemic and moral fundamentals as cultural universals. In pursuing further Wiredu¡¯s thesis on cultural universals, the present paper critically examines some of the inconsistencies implicit in Wiredu¡¯s position. As a consequence, the paper extends the frontiers of the realm of universals by establishing the plausibility of causality as another instance of a conceptual universal, transcending all cultural particularities. Key Words Culture; universals; particulars; causality; Africa; Kwasi Wiredu.
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